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J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., $126.81, New York symbol JPM, remains a buy.

The stock lets investors tap the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $3.95 trillion as of March 31, 2022.

Morgan last raised your quarterly dividend with the October 2021 payment by 11.1%, to $1.00 a share from $0.90....
YAMANA GOLD INC., $7.52, is a buy. The miner (symbol YRI on Toronto) owns and operates five gold mines, in Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. This includes the Cerro Moro gold/silver mine in Argentina. It started up in mid-2018.

Yamana now plans to seek better terms from its lenders including Bank of Nova Scotia and Citigroup.

That’s after earning an upgrade from debt-rating service S&P Global Ratings....
China currently dominates rare-earth production due in part to higher labour costs and tighter environmental restrictions in the U.S. However, politicians and government officials in the U.S. are now trying to promote production in the U.S. MP Materials should benefit from that effort....
Long-time readers know that we keep you informed of important news about the stocks we cover. That means highlighting developments and plans that promise to brighten prospects for investors. Here are two buys that stand out this month:


STERIS PLC, $252.92, is a buy. The firm (New York symbol STE; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.steris.com; Shares outstanding: 100.1 million; Market cap: $24.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) sells sterilization equipment, surgical tables, and other products and services used in hospitals and laboratories.


In the quarter ended December 31, 2021, Steris’s revenue jumped 49.5%, to $1.2 billion from $808.9 million a year earlier....
NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC $27 is a hold. The New York-based company (New York symbol NLSN; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 356.5 million; Market cap: $9.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.nielsen.com) is a provider of information and measurement services to give companies a better understanding of consumer behaviour....
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spur consumer online shopping. That, in turn, is forcing businesses to find new ways to efficiently deliver their products to customers, including the use of last-mile services that drop off goods to shoppers’ homes.


To better take advantage of this trend, XPO Logistics is using spinoffs and asset sales to focus solely on its North American trucking business....
TWITTER INC., $45.08, symbol TWTR on New York, offers users a global platform to express themselves on the Internet in real time. Its website lets people create, distribute, and discover content. Platform partners include publishers, media outlets, and developers.

Advertisers use Twitter’s Promoted Products, the majority of which are pay-for-performance, to promote their brands, products, and services....
TECK RESOURCES LTD., $54.46, Toronto symbol TECK.B, remains a buy for investors seeking long-term gains from the Resources sector of their portfolio.

The company is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking. It also produces copper and zinc....
A: Owens & Minor Inc., $42.43, symbol OMI on New York (Shares outstanding: 75.6 million; Market cap: $3.3 billion; www.owens-minor.com), is a healthcare logistics and supply-chain expert. It sells both its own medical products and those of third-party suppliers.

Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, the company operates two businesses: Global Solutions offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to healthcare providers and manufacturers, including disposable medical supplies delivered directly to patients and home healthcare agencies; and Global Products manufactures and sources medical surgical products.

On March 29, 2022, the company completed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based Apria Inc....
A: Netflix Inc., $348.00, symbol NFLX on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 444.0 million; Market cap: $158.0 billion; www.netflix.com), is the world’s leading video-streaming service, with 222 million paid subscribers worldwide.

Netflix’s revenue has increased 154.1% over the last five years, from $11.69 billion in 2017 to $29.70 billion in 2021....